It’s a busy Thursday with 11 games on tap tonight. With that, you can bet that many teams will be shuffling their rosters and lining things up to be ready for when the puck drops. You can keep track of all of those roster moves right here.
Atlantic Division
- Per a team release, the Buffalo Sabres reassigned forward Ryan MacInnis to the taxi squad from the AHL’s Rochester Americans. MacInnis has yet to appear in a Sabres uniform, but he’s been bouncing up and down between the taxi squad and Rochester since the system was re-implemented last month.
- The Sabres have now brought up MacInnis from the taxi squad, making him available for tonight’s game.
- As the team gets healthier on defense, the Ottawa Senators assigned defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker to the taxi squad from the active roster and moved Michael Del Zotto to the AHL’s Belleville Senators. Bernard-Docker was previously in COVID protocol, while Del Zotto was recalled out of necessity due to a lack of healthy defensemen.
- The Tampa Bay Lightning recalled forward Remi Elie from the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch, assigning him to the taxi squad today. Elie got into one game with the Lightning earlier this season when the team was hit hard by COVID-related absences.
- Boston’s Urho Vaakanainen is back in the NHL on an emergency basis. One of the team’s top defense prospects, he has eight points in 23 games with the AHL’s Providence Bruins this season.
Metropolitan Division
- The Philadelphia Flyers recalled forward Connor Bunnaman and defenseman Yegor Zamula from the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms, assigning them to the taxi squad as COVID-related absences are hitting their team hard at the moment. Bunnaman is pointless in four games this season, while Zamula could look to make his season debut if he’s elevated to the active roster.
- Goaltender Hunter Shepard is on his way up to the Washington Capitals’ taxi squad from the AHL’s Hershey Bears, according to a team release. The 26-year-old netminder does not require waivers and has split this season between the AHL and ECHL.
- Shepard is back down just a few hours later. They’ve swapped him for Zachary Fucale as the third goalie on the taxi squad.
Central Division
- The Colorado Avalanche recalled forward Mikhail Maltsev and goaltender Hunter Miska to their taxi squad, per a team tweet. Maltsev has six NHL games under his belt already this season, while Miska has struggled in both the AHL and ECHL in 2021-22.
- Defenseman Calle Rosen is back on the St. Louis Blues taxi squad, recalled from the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds. The move comes after a pair of Blues defensemen entered COVID protocol this morning.
- The Minnesota Wild made a much-anticipated swap today, recalling forwards Marco Rossi, Matt Boldy, and Connor Dewar from the taxi squad while sending Victor Rask there in their places. It paves the way for the NHL debuts of Rossi and Boldy, the team’s two best forward prospects.
- The Nashville Predators have sent forward Thomas Novak to Milwaukee of the AHL while promoting Matt Luff from the taxi squad. Novak had been scratched in four straight games and hasn’t played since December 17th so a stint with the Admirals should get him back in playing shape while Luff has an assist in four games with the Predators this season.
Pacific Division
- The Los Angeles Kings continue to shuffle Martin Frk and Jacob Moverare through their system, calling them up to the active roster from the taxi squad today. They also assigned defenseman Jordan Spence to the AHL’s Ontario Reign from the taxi squad.
- Sheldon Rempal is headed back to the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks, as the Vancouver Canucks moved him there from their taxi squad today. He has 20 points through 22 games in Abbotsford this year.
This page will be updated throughout the day.